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National Institutes of Health
Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health
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Nora Volkow
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FROM Nora Volkow
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Daily Pot Use Surpasses Cigarettes among High School Seniors The Centers for Disease Control have spent $50 million a year to persuade Americana teenagers to stop smoking. It appears to be money well spent. Using federal money, the University of Michigan has monitored smoking by American middle- and high-school students for the past 41 years. The latest results show some of the lowest levels in history. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse , has more on the study's findings.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.